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The Midwives Act, 1936, came into operation on the 31st July, 1936.
The purpose of the Act is, by setting up a Municipal Midwifery
Service, to improve the status of midwives, to give them opportunity to
attend post certificate courses, to abolish midwifery practice by
unqualified and incompetent persons, and by these and other means,
reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
In accordance with the requirements of the Act, your Committee have
approved a draft scheme for giving; effect thereto, which has teen submitted
to the Ministry of Health.
Representatives of the Ministry of Health have visited Tottenham,
officially, on two occasions; once in relation to Maternity and Child
Welfare services generally, and once in relation to Infant Life Protection.
Arising thereout the recommendations of the Ministry have been
laid before your Committee. One, the equipment of a dental centre for
mothers and children under 5 years of age, has long engaged your Committee's
consideration, and the erection of a new centre is awaited
whereat a dental clinic may be set up.
The only other recommendation was the provision of sterilised
outfits, which has already been complied with.
Your Committee suffered the loss by death of one of its members in
May—Councillor A. W. Lock.
Mr. W. Mallinson, the Clerk of the committee, from its inception in
1919 until the date of his retirement in 1931, died also in May, 1936.
Mrs. G. Mason, one of the health visitors, retired on account of illhealth
on the 1st of June, 1936.
As this is the last report that it will be my privilege to submit I
desire to express the great pleasure I have had in serving your Committee,
and I thank all the staff who have so loyally and faithfully co-operated
with me in the duties entrusted to us.
I am,
Madam Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Darvid G. kirkhone.
Medical Officer of Health.